Hong Kong’s new talent scheme, launched in December 2022, has received 10,810 applications. Half the candidates are recent graduates from the world’s top universities.
 

The Top Talent Pass Scheme which offers successful candidates a two-year visa is the Hong Kong Government’s response to a brain drain of more than 140,000 professionals who have left Hong Kong since the social disturbances in 2019 and the ensuing pandemic.
 

The Government has pinpointed 13 professions with recruitment difficulties, four of which have a direct impact on the development of the territory’s marine sector. These include marine insurance professionals, arbitrators and other dispute resolution professionals, naval architects, marine engineers, and ship superintendents. Vacancies falling under the 13 professions with shortage of local supply as listed in the Talent List, employers are not required to provide proof to substantiate their difficulties in local recruitment in making applications for talent admission. 
 

To reflect the latest shortage situation in various professions, the Government has commenced a new round of review of the Talent List following the promulgation of the 2022 Policy Address. All relevant bureaux and departments have been invited to conduct research and consult industry bodies and stakeholders of their responsible sectors. The Labour and Welfare Bureau co-ordinates the review of the Talent List and is now consolidating the updates suggested by relevant sectors, with a view to completing the review by end-March 2023.

Source: Hong Kong Maritime Hub

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